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Title: Caridad Cruz Location: Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield (Ottawa) Link out: Click here Date: 2008-11-30
Caridad Cruz Vilain was born in Havana, Cuba, into a musical family deeply rooted in Afro-Cuban culture. Her family was always musically inclined and her father was an accomplished professional violinist. Caridad’s career began in 1993 as she played venues across Trinidad, Cuba, Costa Sur and Ancón. In 2007, her career took off on the Ottawa scene with appearances in the National Arts Centre’s Quebec Scene festival, the Ottawa Jazz Festival and the Ottawa Bluesfest. Check out her blend of Cuban and French music on Sunday, November 30th at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield.
Tympanic is a rock band based in Ottawa, who over the last year and a half have burst into the local music scene, frequenting local venues and playing and placing in competitions such as Emergenza (2nd place Ottawa area), Supernova (First place Ottawa Area), The Bear’s Rock Resolution (finalists), and The Live 88.5 Big Money Shot. Drawing from diverse influences such as Dave Matthews Band, Jamiroquai, The Chili Peppers, Ben Harper, and many more, Tympanic’s members come together to create music that has solid, driving rhythm, and captivating melodies.
Tympanic is drummer Carlos Constantino (formerly of My Tiny Sofa), Sax player Charity Corbett, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Troy Lajambe, bassist Murray Matheson, and newly added lead guitar Dylan Shields (formerly of Kris Ward and the Downtown Swingers). Each member of the band brings his or her own history, musical influences, and culture to the song writing process. You can find out more about each member in the band section.
A writer and label owner, versatile musician and producer, Emm Gryner has captured the hearts of wayward souls with songs that are filled with dark and haunting hues behind their subtle shine.
This is true of Emm’s newest release, “The Summer of High Hopes”. Released earlier in the year in Ireland, where Emm broke through in 2005 with an unlikely collection of critically-acclaimed Irish covers (”Songs of Love and Death”), the new album of originals has already garnered wide praise.
Serena Ryder is just 24. But her voice, a deep, bluesy, soulful instrument that has drawn comparisons to Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin, makes her sound much older. She also appears wise beyond her years, blessed with an intelligence and confidence that came across in her songs on Unlikely Emergency, her critically acclaimed independent album. She’s definitely an old soul. Ryder’s extraordinary major-label debut, If Your Memory Serves You Well, involves no time-traveling or reincarnation. But it does feature the native of Millbrook, Ontario covering vintage Canadian songs-some of them written more than 70 years before she was born-with remarkable authority. From Shelton Brooks’ “Some of These Days,” recorded by the likes of Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday,” to Percy Faiths’ “My Heart Cries for You,” previously recorded by Ray Charles and Ben E. King, Ryder sings with enough passion and conviction to make them her own. She delivers a stunning rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Sisters of Mercy” and a scorching version of “This Wheel’s on Fire,” which Bob Dylan co-wrote with The Band’s Rick Danko. Continue reading ‘Serena Ryder’
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